EXCLUSIVE
A video has emerged of British rapper Yung Filly dancing in the VIP section of a Perth nightclub in Western Australia as female admirers look on, moments before he was accused of raping a young woman.
The British YouTuber turned rapper, whose real name is Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was arrested last week and charged with sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in the early hours of September 28.
He has been charged with four counts of rape, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and one count of obstructing the woman’s normal breathing or circulation by putting pressure on her neck.
Daily Mail Australia can now reveal how Yung Filly fans have made wild accusations about his alleged victim – who cannot be named for legal reasons – in an attempt to smear her reputation.
Daily Mail Australia has also exclusively obtained images of Yung Filly at Bar1 nightclub in Perth on the night of the alleged attack.
The musician – and star contestant on British TV’s The Great Celebrity Bake-Off – can be seen singing and dancing for the camera as dozens of female admirers look on.
The video was shot the night of his September 27 performance at the bar, which was promoted as a “seamless blend of spontaneity, humor and music you can talk about for weeks.”
Last Tuesday, two weeks after the gig, Queensland police arrested the star in Brisbane before he was extradited interstate to Western Australia.
Yung Filly at Bar1 nightclub in Perth in the VIP section on the night of the alleged attack
He appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday where he was released on bail but ordered to remain in the country until a further court hearing on December 19.
As part of his bail conditions, Barrientos was ordered to surrender his passport and must remain in Western Australia, report to police daily and post $100,000 bail.
In the wake of the rapper’s arrest on suspicion of rape, social media has been flooded with unsubstantiated claims about the alleged victim, accusing her of being a sex worker who had made a similar claim against another celebrity.
Now one of her closest friends has spoken out in the woman’s defense – saying the alleged victim has been stalked for years by online creeps who scour her social media accounts looking for and sharing bikini photos of her.
“She is not a stripper, has never entered a strip club, does not have and has never had an Only Fans account, and is not a sex worker,” the friend said.
“Since when are you, as a university student, a sex worker?”
She added: “I can’t talk about what happened that night because it is under investigation.
Yung Filly arrives at Perth Police Station on October 15 as part of his bail conditions
The rapper then headed to Geoffrey Miller Chambers’ law office in Perth’s CBD
Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos was ordered to surrender his passport and must remain in Western Australia, report daily to police and pay a $100,000 bail
Yung Filly is pictured entering Geoffrey Miller Chambers’ law office in Perth’s CBD
Yung Filly, who left the police station after applying for bail, will be heard on December 19
“But what is being said about her is all false information and defamation of her character.”
She said the alleged victim’s images were stolen from her now-deleted social media accounts and posted to sexually explicit photo forums.
“Creeps put her pictures online, she’s the victim!” she added.
The friend said the online comments against her friend were ‘sickening’ as she paid tribute to her friend who she went to school with in Perth.
She added, “Anyone who knows her knows she is one of, if not THE, most authentic person alive.”